Wife and I are training for the Carlsbad Half Marathon in January. Wife has already run both a marathon and a half marathon so luckily she has already created a training plan. This is week 6 of that half marathon training program.
Only 3 more weeks until the big 13.1 miles. Luckily a week without rain and mostly without pain.
Tuesday – 3 miles
Just a quick jaunt around the neighborhood with the dog. A decent time and a decent time (the first refers to the time it took to run and the second to the nice time we had running).
Thursday – 5 miles
Once again, nothing too exciting. We did take the dog with us and he made it all five miles by pulling us forward. On these runs we have started to pick up on the last mile. Helps us feel like we could make decent time even though all we want to do is finish.
Saturday – 3 miles
We ran around Normal Heights with the dog. Exciting.
Sunday – 10 miles
Get off the road!!! This was the longest we had ever run, or at least the farthest I have ever run. We decided to run down the Silver Strand, 5 miles south and 5 miles north. We parked our car and started running on the west side of the strand. The sand made the impact on our feet nice and soft, but once we ran past the Navy seal base, the sand became asphalt. Unfortunately for us the asphalt was the emergency lane for route 75. Cars flew past at 65 miles per hour. At that point we realized the nice bike route was on the east side of the Silver Strand. However, we made great time due to the fact we were fearing for our lives. At about 2.5 miles into our run a car finally honked at us and we found an area that we could cross. The rest of the run was nice on the bike path. At the end we felt much better than last week. It was not until the next day that the pain caught up with us. I had a healthy-sized blister, and wife felt like she had steel knee joints that needed some oil.
We did survive the long run, not only from the distance but from the speeding cars. As we get closer the fear of injury creeps up on us, but so far we both feel like we can do it! Lets hope next week’s longer run will be as good as this week’s.
